Reinforcing-tag for holding embroidery-silk.



110.737,181. vPATENTE) AUG.25,1903.

P. H. WEAVER.

vREINFORCING TAG FOB. HOLDINGBMBROIDBRY SILK.

. APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 21, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

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, fnvenor.' Frank' E Wwver UNITED 'STATES 'Patenten August 25, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. WEAVER, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 737,181, `dated August 25, 1903. Application tiled November 21, 1902. Serial No. 132,217. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK I-I. WEAVER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county'of Philadelphia. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reinforcing-Tags for Holding Embroidery-Silk, of which the following is aspecication.

My invention relates to an improved reinforced skein-tag used for holding embroiderysilk or other threads, and is used in conjunction with a tube of paper forkeeping the threads in the skein compact without placing a knot in said skein, as heretofore. v

The object of my invention is to protect the portion of the tag which received the loop of the skein by reinforcing the tag, so that the threads when being withdrawn will not cut or destroy said tag.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a means for holding the threads which Will permit several skeins to be bound together to form a hank, and when so bound together lone or more threads may be withdrawn without separating the skeins in the hank.

A still further object of my invention is to produce a tag which may bel manufactured at a very low cost, which is simple in construction, and which will protect the skeins or hanks, so that they may be handled without injuring the silk.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a View of a skein. of threads with my invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a view of the tag before it is folded. Fig. 3 is a sectional View on line 3 3, Fig. l. Fig. 4. is a View of several skeins bound into a hank. Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are views of the tag, showing different Ways of making the same.

In the drawings, A represents the threads, which are made continuous and form a loop. This loop is encircled in its central portion by the tube B. 'C is the tag', in which is secured one end'ot the loop of said threads.

Thev tag C may be. made of any material, but preferably of thin glazed paper. The tag C is shown open in Fig. 2. It consists of the back or body c,the flaps c c2 o3 and the member c4, which is adapted to receive the skein of threads and to be folded up againstv the back portion o, forming a loop c5, as shown in Fig. l. When the member c4 has been so folded, the flaps c', c2, and c3 are folded over it and'glued.

D is a reinforcing-piece `attached to the tag at the point which forms'the loop c5. This reinforcing-piece consists of a piece of muslin or silk which will not cut when the threads A aredrawn through the tag.

The tube B (shown in Figs. 1 and 4) is formed by rolling a piece of paper around the body of the skein of silk and gluing the edges The latter is Hatten ed, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the threads will. be held tightly together until all'the threads are with# drawn.

In Figmi is shown anumber of skeins of silk having myimproved tags thereon bound into a bank by means of the bands G and G', bound around theskeins. These bands hold the skeins tightly together and permit one or more threads to be withdrawn from the hank ,when vthe same is constructed in the above manner.

The operation of myinvention is as follows: After the skeins are inserted in the tags and the skeins are bound into-hanks, as above described, the threads forming the skein are out remaining threads becoming entangled. The v tube B tends to keep the threads straight and allows them to slip through it freely. -When it is desired to use the silk in small quantities, the bands.` G and G are cut and the skeins, with the tags attached, are separated, as shown in Fig. 1when the threads can be withdrawn in the manner above described.

It will be understood that the tube B may be of any desired length, as a very short tube will hold the threads in position; but it is desirable to have the silk covered as much as p ossible. The reinforcing-piece may-cover the entire inner surface of the tag. Any of the formsof tags shown maybe used, and said tags may be used for the purpose of stamping upon them the number of the threads contained in the skein without departing from a reinforcing-piece inserted in said loop substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat- FRANK H. WEAVER.

5 ent- In a tag for holding a. skein of threads, a Witnesses:

body portion, a member adapted to be folded to form a loop to receive the said skein, and

E. D. PATTERSON, JOHN W. I-IoRRooKs. 

